List of Dover Athletic F.C. seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Dover Athletic F.C. in English football, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major and some minor competitions, and the top scorers for each season where known.

Dover receive the Isthmian League championship trophy in 2009

Dover Athletic F.C. was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover F.C., whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club. In the 1989–90 season Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, but failed to gain promotion to the Football Conference due to ground grading issues. Three seasons later the team won this title again and this time gained promotion to the Conference, where they spent nine seasons before being relegated.

The club's best performance in the FA Cup was an appearance in the first round proper in the 2002–03 season, while the best performance registered in the FA Trophy, the national competition for higher-level non-league clubs, was a run to the semi-finals in the 1997–98 season.

Seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	FA Trophy	Other competitions	Top scorer[1]
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
1983–84	SLS	38	12	9	17	51	74	45	13th	R1Q	RP	SLC R1
1984–85	SLS	38	7	7	24	39	78	28	19th	R2Q	RP	SLC R??[2]
1985–86	SLS	40	23	6	11	89	53	75	4th	RP	R1Q	EFC R?[3]
1986–87	SLS	38	20	6	12	66	43	66	5th	R4Q	R2Q	SLC R2[4]
1987–88	SLS	40	28	10	2	81	28	94	1st	R1Q	R1Q
1988–89	SLP	42	19	12	11	65	47	69	6th	R4Q	R2	SLC R4[5]
1989–90	SLP	42	32	6	4	87	27	102	1st[6]	R3Q	R3	SLC R2[7]
1990–91	SLP	42	21	11	10	56	37	74	4th	R4Q	R2	KSC Winners
1991–92	SLP	42	23	15	4	66	30	84	2nd	R4Q	R1
1992–93	SLP	40	25	11	4	65	23	86	1st	R3Q	R2
1993–94	Conf	42	17	7	18	48	49	58	8th	R1Q	R3	KSC Runners-up
1994–95	Conf	42	11	16	15	48	55	49	16th	R4Q	R1
1995–96	Conf	42	11	7	24	51	74	40	20th	R1Q	R2
1996–97	Conf	42	12	14	16	57	68	50	17th	R3Q	R1
1997–98	Conf	42	15	10	17	60	70	55	13th	R3Q	SF
1998–99	Conf	42	15	13	14	54	48	58	11th	R4Q	R3
1999–00	Conf	42	18	12	12	65	56	66	6th	R4Q	R5	CLC R1 KSC SF	Joff Vansittart	19
2000–01	Conf	42	14	11	17	54	56	53	15th	R4Q	R3	FLT R1S CLC R2 KSC Runners-up	Joff Vansittart	14
2001–02	Conf	42	11	6	25	41	65	39	22nd	R4Q	R3	KSC QF	Keith Scott	14
2002–03	SLP	42	19	14	9	42	35	71	3rd	R1	R5	SLC R3 KSC R1	Jamie Day Tommy Tyne	11
2003–04	SLP	42	12	13	17	50	59	49	19th	R3Q	R5	SLC QF KSC SF	Craig Wilkins	20
2004–05	IsP[8]	42	10	9	23	50	66	39	21st	R1Q	R1	ILC R3 KSC Runners-up	Craig Cloke	9
2005–06	Is1	44	21	14	9	69	46	77	5th[9]	R2Q	R1Q	ILC R4 KSC QF	Craig Wilkins	19
2006–07	Is1S[10]	42	22	11	9	77	41	77	3rd	R4Q	R1Q	ILC Runners-up KSC QF	Jimmy Dryden	17
2007–08	Is1S	42	30	8	4	84	29	98	1st	R2Q	R3Q	ILC R2 KSC R1	Francis Collin	21
2008–09	IsP	42	33	5	4	91	34	104	1st	R3Q	R2Q	ILC QF KSC R1	Francis Collin	24
2009–10	ConfS	42	22	9	11	66	47	75	2nd[11]	R4Q	R3	KSC tbc	Adam Birchall	18
2010–11	ConfS	42	22	8	12	80	51	74	7th	R3	R3Q	KSC tbc	Adam Birchall	45
2011–12	ConfS	42	17	15	10	62	49	66	7th	R4Q	R3Q	KSC SF	Billy Bricknell	16
2012–13	ConfS	42	22	10	10	69	44	76	3rd[12]	R3Q	R3Q	KSC
2013–14	ConfS	42	20	9	13	63	38	69	5th[13]	R2	R3	KSC
2014–15	ConfP	46	19	11	16	69	58	68	8th	R3	R4	KSC R2	Stefan Payne	20
2015–16	Natl	46	23	11	12	75	53	80	5th	R1	R4
2016–17	Natl	46	24	7	15	85	63	79	6th	R1	R1	KSC Winners	Ricky Miller	45
2017–18	Natl	46	20	13	13	62	44	73	8th	R4Q	R3	KSC R2	Ryan Bird	20
2018–19	Natl	46	16	12	18	58	64	60	14th	R1	R2	KSC R2	Inih Effiong	11
2019–20[14]	Natl	38	15	9	14	49	49	54	11th	R2	R1	KSC QF	Inih Effiong	16
2020–21	Natl	14	3	1	10	11	32	10		R4Q	R3	N/A

Key

Winners

Runners up

Promoted

Relegated

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.

Key to league record P – games played W – games won D – games drawn L – games lost F – goals for A – goals against Pts – points Pos – final position Key to rounds Grp – group stage R1Q – first qualifying round R2Q – second qualifying round, etc. RP – preliminary round R1 – first round R2 – second round, etc. R1S – first round (south) QF – quarter-final SF – semi-final n/a – not applicable

Key to divisions Conf/ConfP/Natl – National League (known as Football Conference until 2004 and Conference Premier 2004–2016) ConfS – Conference South IsP – Isthmian League Premier Division Is1 – Isthmian League First Division Is1S – Isthmian League Division One South SLP – Southern League Premier Division SLS – Southern League Southern Division Key to cups CLC – Conference League Cup EFC – Eastern Floodlit Cup FLT – Football League Trophy ILC – Isthmian League Cup KSC – Kent Senior Cup SLC – Southern League Cup

Footnotes

1. Includes all competitive first-team matches.
2. Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Southern League Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
3. Dover Athletic participated in the group stage of the Eastern Floodlit Cup but it is unknown if they progressed further in the competition.
4. Official Football Association Non-League Club Directory 1988, ISBN 978-1869833077, p. 354
5. Official Football Association Non-league Directory 1990, ISBN 978-1869833114, p. 382
6. Although Dover Athletic won the Southern League championship, they were not promoted to the Conference as their stadium did not meet the required standard.
7. Vauxhall Official Football Association Non League Club Directory 1991, ISBN 978-1869833121, p. 397
8. Dover Athletic were moved from the Southern League to the Isthmian League due to re-organisation of the English football league system.
9. Dover Athletic qualified for a place in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier Division, but lost in the final to Tonbridge Angels.
10. At the start of the 2006–07 season the Isthmian League First Division was split into two regionalised sections. Dover Athletic were placed in the southern section.
11. Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Woking in the semi-final.
12. Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier but lost to Salisbury City in the final.
13. Dover qualified for the play-offs for promotion to the Conference Premier and won.
14. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the season was ended in March with positions being decided on a points-per-game basis.

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